Family didn't know her jobs
SHE came to Singapore to provide for a better life for her
family but, instead, her naked body was found in the pool of a
Sentosa Cove bungalow on March 24.
Ms Li Hong Yan, 24, had come from China and was working two jobs
- as a part-time karaoke hostess, and as a catering supervisor in
an Indian restaurant.
But her family members, who arrived here last Wednesday, told
The Sunday Times they knew nothing about this. They were at her
funeral wake in Sin Ming Drive yesterday.
'She told us she was going to be a hairdresser here and earn
money to give her parents a better life. I found out about the two
jobs from the papers, but her parents can't read,' said a relative,
Madam Fang Shi Hui, 56, who works in an insurance company in
China.
Ms Li's parents, Mr Li Kui You, 58, and Madam Sun Jing Fang, 49,
are farmers and the family have had to sell their plot of farmland
as well as borrow money from relatives to make the trip here to
claim her body.
They were too distraught to speak yesterday, only sitting with
their heads in their hands and weeping silently. The couple had
collapsed earlier, when they were taken to the morgue to see Ms
Li's body.
-- ST
Afterall, Singapore is not a 100% safe place to
work.